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NCAA women may get 10-second backcourt rule

The 10-second backcourt rule will go into effect in NCAA women’s basketball for the first time
next season if a recommendation from the sport’s rules committee is approved.

The U.S. women’s college game is the only level worldwide that does not have a 10-second
backcourt rule. The Women’s Basketball Rules Committee said that implementing the rule will
increase tempo and create more scoring opportunities.

•
Ryan McDonough was named general manager of the Phoenix Suns.

McDonough, 33, spent the past three seasons as assistant general manager of the Boston
Celtics.

• Denver Nuggets general manager
Masai Ujiri was named the NBA’s executive of the year.

High schools

Olentangy’s Terwilliger retires after 25 years

Ed Terwilliger has retired after 25 years as football coach at Olentangy.

Terwilliger, who previously served as an assistant at Groveport, had a career record of 138-114.
It included a 4-26 start building a program that struggled mightily before his arrival. The Braves
are now perennial playoff contenders.

“My decision to step down was a three-year process and it was solidified by being 100 percent
confident that the program is really, really good shape right now,” he said.

Elsewhere

Manchester United names Ferguson’s replacement

Manchester United handed
David Moyes one of the toughest and most coveted jobs in soccer — succeeding
Alex Ferguson as manager of the 20-time English champions.

Moyes is leaving Everton to replace Ferguson, who announced on Wednesday he is retiring after
nearly 27 years at Old Trafford. United said Moyes received a six-year deal and will take charge of
the newly crowned Premier League champions on July 1.

• Defending world champion Russia was upset 2-1 by France at the world hockey championships in
Helsinki.

•
Shelby Pickett hit a grand slam to help Ohio State to an 8-4 win over Iowa in a
first-round game of the Big Ten softball tournament in Lincoln, Neb. The No. 8-seeded Buckeyes
(34-21) advance to play top-seeded Michigan today.

• Second-ranked
Roger Federer lost to
Kei Nishikori 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 in the third round of the Madrid Open.

• Betfair Hollywood Park will close by year’s end and the 75-year-old racetrack property in
Inglewood, Calif., that hosted
Seabiscuit and the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984 will be developed with new housing
and retail by its owner.